Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-24


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The news comsso / the death ~ Hfsssssor
Hayden, which took place st HI homo in
Philadelphia yesterday. where be b esneral-
" known V THE Father Of the National
Park" Professor Francis vandsvssr Hay
den, n. d., LII. D., was one Of the most
distinguished biologists Of the nineteenth
century. and has done more than any
other one man 10 make known the
mineral resources OF the Rocky Mountain
region. He was born at Westfeld, Mass,
on September z, 1899. He graduated at
Oberlin College in 1850, and at the Albany
Medical school in 1853. In 1853 he was
placed in charge OF the Government sxplor.
ing expeditions in the far West, and con-
tinued his explorations until 1885, when
he made his last trip to Montana. In
l659-6O he Travelled on foot and alone
through the Yellowstone Valley, carrying q
hammer and q small bag OF geo.
logical specimens. The indiana, who
we're then the sole residents
OF that country, frequently investigated
his sack, and concluded that he was q luna
tic for setting SO much value ON what
seemed to them useless rocks. From 1861
to 1872 he was Professor of Geology at
the University OF Pennsylvania. In 1870,
50 many reports OF the wonders OF the
Yellowstone region had been received in
Washington, that Prof. Hayden was sent
out in the spring of 1871 to explore that
region. He was accompanied by DR.. A. c.
Dnn1n o-l s,~nLn~ ~ nooskouko THAI
spent 1912 in exploring and surveying
tho geyser regions, and in December, 1872,
Prof. Hayden made his report, a recon-
msnded that Congress should set aside the
Yellowstone National Park, according to
it's present boundaries, as a free pleasure
ground for the American people for
ever. His recommendation was adopted
without a dissenting voice, and all
the civilized world owes a debt OF graft
tude to tho genial Professor. whose timely
suggestion secured the freedom OF the
American Wonderland for all future gener- +
atoms. Already private interests had en-
croached upon the wonders, tho Mammoth
Hot Springs having been pre-empted by
Jim Mccartney, of Gardiner, and q few
years later it would have been very diff
cult to set apart tine magnificent park for
the people. During the early seventies
Professors Hayden and Peale were explor-
ing in Colorado, and made q minute ex-
animation of the present site of Leadville.
Had tho general public read their reports it
is probable that the Leadville excitement
would have taken place several years
earlier than it did. In 1873 they made
further surveys in the National Park,
and took several hundred photographs
of the geysers, hot springs. and chief scenic
wonders in the Park. including the geyser
basins at Shoshone and Heart Lakes, on
the headwaters OF Snake River, which are,
yet, seldom visited by tourists. The
result OF these last explorations was IN
report. profusely illustrated,
and constituting the only complete guide
to the National Park yet published. So
great was thu demand for this work that
but few copies of it strayed outside Of
Washington, and the edition was exhausted
very soon after leaving the hands of the
public printer. In 1883 Profs. Hayden
and Peale came out to Montana to exam
inc the coal fields along the Northern Pa
cidc, and in August Of that year they
went as far west az the Mullan Tun-
mel to examine the geological forma-
ton exposed by the bore. Prof.
Hayden was then an invalid, and had to
spend most of his time in the hotels,
while Professor Peale did the field work.
They made one more trip in 1885. to ex.
anime the coal fields near Bozemau. While
they were in the Park in 1873, Mr.. s.. w.
and q number Of other Mon
tana gentlemen were visiting the wonders,
and one day they made the
ascent OF the Grand Teton.
This is the central peak of
the Three Tetons three magnificent
monoliths Of rock near Jackson's lake.
south OF the Park. They christened it
Mount Hayden, in honor Of the Professor,
and it is to be hoped that the name will
stick forever. Prof. Hayden was a modest.
nnassuming gentleman, and notwiths,and-
ing his unlimited opportunities he
never sought immortality by afH1ius
his name to any OF the innumerable objects
which it was a part Of his duty to christeD.
He had an inward r%epugnance to any such
proceeding. and when Mt. Hayden was
named for him he modestly objected.
Speaking of the matter in 1883, however,
he sold he felt that his explorations we're
ever, and he was glad that his name
was attached to the Grand Teton. He
was proud hat his name should he perpet-
uated in a peak he considered the
grandest in America. This may be consid-
cred almost the only reward enjoyed by |
the man who spent such a large part OF
his life away from his family, while under |
going untold h%ardships in the Wilderness.
He discovered unlimited quantities OF min.
eral wealth, but by virtue OF his duties to
the Government. was obliged to pass it
over. While in q Retrospective
mood one day, during one of
his last visits to Montana.
he remarked that his life was not as great
q financial success Is it might have been.
II instead OF making out matter OF fact re-
ports OF his work to his department, be
had placed his travels and observations on
the market in the more attractive form of
q narrative, he would undoubtedly have
reaped a rich harvest therefrom. In
this he was doubtless right. No
other man was so intimately
acquainted with all the gulches of the
Rockies, from New Mexico to Montana, as
Prof.. Hayden, and few could have clothed
their observation in more graceful ideas.
The people Of Montana, Wyoming, and the
United States generally. would do them
selves honor by erecting q monument to
the Father OF the National Park in the
wonderland that he secured for the people,
and they should see that Mt. Hayden is
never re-christened.
FOR TARIFF REFORM.
That q great many Republican news